Window for prefabricated houses



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U ITE ENT FFI E wINDowFOR BREFABRIGATED HOUSES ClaudeIJ'Auten, Birmingham, Ala., assignor to Tennessee Coal; Iron and Railroad a corporation 'of Tennessee. P

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Original a plic tion-May s, 1943; Serial :No., 485,486. Divided and this' appl ication May l1,

' 1943, Serial 486,571 v 3 claim (01.20-42) "G rl '9, copending application}; Serial No. 485,486, riled May 3, 1943, of which this application is a division, I have shown and described 'in'ldetail thesubstructure and superstructure of a house whose component part are'made of cold formed sheet metal members by modern mass production One object of vide metal window frame elements adapted to'be secu ed 'to' the me up h s f Prefabricated housesuch as 'shown-injthe above'identified application. i

Another object is to provide improved means the present inventionlis to profor" holding a window in variousfopenpositions of adjustment,

parts as shown and-described herein so" that they iunction individually'an-dincombination in the manner hereinafter set'forth.

For amore complete understanding of the invention, reference should be 'made to the followings, and theappe'nde'd claims.

I :Inrth d i s 7' 1 Figured is an end'jview of the fprefab-ricated house having window framing and other details embodying thepresent invention. a

Figure '1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line'3-f-3 of plurality of upright wall supporting members 34 are secured at their lower ends to said sill angle. At the top-an eaves member 38 is secured to the upright 34,"thi member affording afb earing for= inclined rafter members such-as shown inthe above identified application but formin no part of the presentinvention and'therefore not further described.herein. Between the several 'upright angle members 34 there are wall-enclosing panels 40' of light-gauge sheet metal having at their upright edges flanges '40 which make faceto-face contact with the outwardly extending flanges 34 of the upright members 34. U-shaped batten members 42 of sheet metal embrace the flanges of the uprights and wall panels, and suitable fastening bolts 36 pierce the flanges so as to hold the \panels and upright in a proper assembled condition; The present invention has particular reference toithe window framing and window adjusting means to be incorporated in a "g detailed description' the accompanying draw- Another object is to construct andarrange the: 1

.sponding to that of two adjacent panels.

prefabricated housefhaving the upright supporting members and wall-enclosing panels such as abovereferred-to. I

The-wall construction illustrated is so arranged that'stock size windows and doors can be readily installed merely by omitting one of the angular uprights so as to provide suificient width for either a windowor a door at a desired location. m

At the sides of each win-dow opening, Z-shaped jamb members 8! are provided. The flanges 8| thereof are secured to the flanges of the wall uprights 34 and the flanges'8l of the iamb members are engagedby the screen frame later referred to. Above and below the window openings the uniform spacing of the uprights 34 willcontinue as will also the uniform spacing of the wall panels 40, it being apparent from the drawings that the windows illustrated are of a width corre- At eachwindow' location there is pro-vided a channel-shaped window sill flashing element having inner flange B l secured to a flange of the upright 34. This windowfiashing has a vertically disposed shoulder wall 84 to which mayconveniently be attached the frame 88 of a fly-screen as; shown. Also attached to the sill flashing 84 is a. weather strip-member 30 having upwardly extended head 92 which enters a groove formed in the lower end'of the window sash 94. :The window flashing and weather strip 90 both span thespace between two uprights 34 between which the window-is installed. In a similarmanner, spanning thesame uprights at the top of the windowisa' Z-shaped head member 96 whose vertical berextenddownwardly and have secured thereto a headfiashing 98' formed witha downwardly extending flange 98 inaface-toeface contact with flange 96 of the Z-shapedhead.L nember;v Suitable bolts extend through :theflanges 96 and 98 so as to secure the topof the screen frame; 5.. The constructionand arrangement providing the upstanding shoulder 84 and the upstanding head '92 provides means eifective to prevent rain being driven under the window, and also provides a water run-oil over the screen frame and through the screen mesh. It is apparent that the upstanding shoulder 84 will provide the inward flow of water from'the substantially horizontal sill flashing 84.

The window is normally held in closed position by a turn button I00 pivotally mounted on a screw I02 passing through the flange 96 of the head member. Near the lower extremity at each side of the window sash is a fitting I04 to which is secured a pivot pin I06 which projects through a slot I08 formed in a respective shield plate IIO secured to the respective upright 34 at each side of the window. Each slot I08 is provided with laterally opposite notched portions H2, H4 and H6 located at successive elevations as shown in Figure 2. The shields IIO are connected with one another by a spacer bar H8. The window sash is provided with suitable sash lifts I20 of hook-like form near the top and bottom thereof. In the construction illustrated, three open positions of adjustment for the window are provided for. adjustment, the button I00 will be turned to right angles from the position shown in Figure 2. This will permit the sash to be swung outwardly to a position wherein the pivot pin I06 will occupy the dottedposition at the right extremity of the notch I I2 and in this position the window will take, the dotted line position indicated at 94 In this open position the intermediate portion of the window is supported against the spacer bar IIB. When a wider window opening or more ventilaa tion is desired, the sash will be lifted to a posi- 1 tion in which the pivot pins I06 will occupy the notches IM to thus adjust the window to the position indicated at 94*. Similarly, to secure a still greater window opening and more ventilation, the position of the window can be adjusted so as to put the pivot pin I06 into contact with the extremity of the notch II6 to thus adjust the window to position indicated at dotted lines at 04. Thus it is apparent that the described construction provides for adequate variation of window ventilation.

While the above described embodiment of the invention has been demonstrated to be highly desirable by an actual reduction to practice on a commercial scale,,it is not to be construed or limited thereto, since various modifications and substitutions of equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art without departure from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. Prefabricated metal house construction comprising upright flanged wall supporting members, a metal window sill element secured to and spanning the space between a spaced pair of said members, a Z-shaped metal header secured to said members at about window height above said sill element, a window sash, upright Z-shaped sheet metal jambs coacting with the upright edges of saidsash, means normally holding said sash in closed position, and means for positioning the sash in different angular open positions comprising pins secured to the sash, inwardly extended shield plates secured to said upright Z-shaped jambs and having upwardly and inwardly inclined slots therein, notches branching from said inclined slots at different elevations in which said pins are adapted to be seated, and a spacer prising upright flanged wall supporting members,

To open the window to the position of first 1 sill element, said sill element having secured thereto a Weatherstrip formed with an upright bead, a window sash with a grooved bottom portion engaging said bead when in closed position, upright Z-shaped sheet metal jambs coacting with the upright edges of said sash, means normally holding said sash in closed position, and means for positioning the sash in different angular open positions comprising pins secured to the sash, shield plates secured to said upright Z-shaped jambs and having slots therein, notches branching from said slots at different elevations in which said pins are adapted to be seated, and a spacer bar spanning the space between and.serving as a connecting brace for said shield plates, the sash being adapted to be jointly supported on said pins and said spacer bar when in any of its adjusted open positions.

3. Prefabricated metal house construction comprising upright flanged wall supporting members, a metalwindow sill element secured to and spanning the space between a spaced pair of said members, a Z-shaped metal header secured to said members at about window height above said sill element, a window sash, upright Z-sha-ped sheet metal jambs whose inner flanges are secured to said members and whose outer flanges and webs coact with the said sash, means normally holding said sash in closed position, and means for positioning the sash in diflferent angular open positions, comprising pins secured to the sash, substantially triangular inwardly-extending shield plates, with respective flanges secured to the inner flanges of said Z-shaped jambs, each shield plate having an upwardly and inwardly inclined slot therein, notches extended outwardly and upwardly from said slots at difierent elevations, said pins being adapted to be seated in said notches, and a spacer bar spanning the space between said shield plates and secured thereto adjacent the inner upper portion thereof, the sash being adapted to be jointly supported on said pins and said spacer bar when in any of its adjusted open positions,

the said shield plates being effective to intercept cross drafts at the lower portion of the window opening when the sash is in open position.

CLAUDE I. AUTEN. 

